You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself.

Quote by James A Baldwin

Topics: James A Baldwin Quotes

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop...

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop...

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are...

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are...

The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of...

The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of...

Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really...

Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really...

People can cry much easier than they can change.

People can cry much easier than they can change.

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become...

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become...

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets,...

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets,...

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be...

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be...

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never...

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never...

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing...

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing...

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be...

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be...

Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the...

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the...

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot...

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot...

The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which...

The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which...

Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in...

Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in...

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be...

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be...

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves...

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves...

It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful...

It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful...